Phacelocarpus australis (Sonder) J.Agardh 1852
Publication Details
Phacelocarpus australis (Sonder) J.Agardh 1852: (1851-1863): 649-650
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1852). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumis secundi: Algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 2. pp. 577-700 [701-720, Addenda and Index]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Phacelocarpus is Phacelocarpus tortuosus Endlicher & Diesing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Nizymenia conferta (Harvey) Chiovitti, G.W.Saunders & Kraft.
Source of Synonymy
Silva, P.C., Basson, P.W. & Moe, R.L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: [i]-xiv, 1-1259.
Basionym
Ginnania australis Sonder
Type Information
Type locality: Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 312) Holotype: Preiss; MEL; 44636 (Womersley 1994: 407)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), south, southern (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 25 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 24 July 2009
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 July 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 March 2025
